around town today
today-10/3: 6th annual prelude festival = smarty arties in rapid-fire presentation. not boring. cuny graduate center, free >>
12pm: red hook’s fairway sponsors a firefighter food face-off fundraiser with free samples. >>
12pm: baseball greats bob gibson + reggie jackson sign copies of 'sixty feet six inches', borders wall st, free >>
5:30pm: five tony award-winning leading ladies (bebe neuwirth, sutton foster, more) discuss what happens behind the scenes, the times center, free (rsvp) >>
6:30pm: artist spencer finch discusses his installation of 700 panes of colored glass covering a wall of the highline's chelsea market passage. high line, free (rsvp) >>
7pm: michael winterbottom twofer: 'code 46' + '24 hour party people,' 92yt, $12 >>
7pm: drink up + meet your match (or the other way around) @ the brooklyn meatup, bell house, $10 >>
7pm: james ellroy (l.a. confidential, the black dahlia) reads from his new novel 'blood's a rover,' book court, free >>
7-9pm: heather whaley ('eat your feelings') chats with john delucie (waverly inn, 'the hunger'), powerhouse arena, free >>
7:30pm: garrison keillor reads from his new book, 'pilgrims' @ b+n lincoln triangle, free >>
7:30pm: finnish composer kaija saariaho mixes live musicians and electronics @ the tank, $10 >>
coming up
10/2-4: 96 films and special events roll in to coney @ the 9th annual coney island film festival, $6 screenings ($10 for the warriors) >>
10/2-4: first official 7 for all mankind warehouse sale, met pavilion >>
10/3 12-6:30pm: caliente! sample goodies, see demos, more @ the 18th annual chili pepper fiesta, brooklyn botanic garden, free w. admission ($8) >>
10/4 11:30-4:30pm: 9th annual nyc international pickle day- free samples, exhibitions, demonstrations, music. parking lot @ essex + broome >>
sales, deals, freebies
12:30pm: new york hot dog + coffee's last giveaway of the season: 100 free spicy kimchi bulgogi hot dogs >>
parties of 4 or more get a bottle of montepulciano for a penny @ mr. c's italian trattoria (e.v.) >>
$185 teeth whitening @ britesmile (reg $600) >>
win tix to the ny food + wine fest's 'bacon and the blues hosted by tyler florence' 10/8 (reg $50) >>
win tix to marco canora’s sold out epicurious event, “hearth and home” dinner 10/3 (reg $125) >>
win tix to the georgia o'keefe show @ the whitney >>
free mp3: codes in the clouds 'don’t go awash in this digital landscape' >>
free mp3: emmanuelle seigner 'dingue' >>
free mp3: pete yorn 'don't wanna cry' >>
